The Middlesbrough Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $16.4M for Germán Berterame
Middlesbrough have gone to Inter Miami CF with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough baulk at the price for Julio Soler
Bournemouth wanted more than $7.3M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough say no — this time
The offer from Hull City for George Edmundson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Middlesbrough
Callum Brittain and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Max Arfsten
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Middlesbrough
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Will Lankshear
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Michael Evans from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Evans has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Alexander Reid from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Reid has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Middlesbrough promote Nicholas Morgan from within
- Match Middlesbrough find a way past Preston
- Squad Alex Bangura falls out with a teammate over standards